About Christian Eriksson

Christian
Eriksson is a freelance journalist and writer on philosophy,
land issues, cities, counter-culture, power and political
economy. He currently lives in Leith,
Edinburgh. Follow him @ChristiEriksson

More than a decade of viewing property as an investment has driven up prices and eroded the status of affordable housing as an enduring human need. It is time to consign “basic economics” to the scrap heap and hold successive governments to account.

Many Scots see their nation as standing above the celebrations of the 'Great British Summer', both the Jubilee's trumpeting of privilege and the Olympics of neoliberal England. Is this justified? One way to find out is by examining the politics of Scotland's sport.

The estimated turnout at Scotland's recent local elections is close to an historic low. But to what extent can this be attributed to the 'apathy' of the electorate? Christian Eriksson argues a lack of participation is symptomatic of a growing mistrust of the nation's corrupt, single-minded and double-talking political elite.